Canterbury
Ashburton Holiday Park
Pets: Conditions apply
Pets: Conditions apply
Pets are accepted on powered and non-powered campsites only. Keep pets on leads and out of rooms and all park facilities.
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Dog conditions for campsites and walks
Check the rule for every overnight stop and walking track separately. These records include places where dogs are prohibited; appearing here is not permission to bring a dog.
Planning checklist & guides
Before you choose
- Read the full rule, including bans, lead requirements and permits.
- Confirm restrictions for your dates and accommodation category.
- Ask the land manager about assistance-dog arrangements separately.
Planning guides
What qualifies
Campsites qualify with sourced pet rules marked yes, no or conditional. Tracks qualify with a sourced, recorded dog-policy fact. Unknowns are excluded, and prohibitions are deliberately retained.
All 648 published campsite records, 1589 walking-track records and 26 trip plans are considered against the relevant criteria. Campsites with a closed notice are excluded. Seasonal and access notices remain visible; inclusion does not confirm that a place is open.
Each page shows up to 12 matches per group in name order (A-Z), not a ranking. Use the page links to browse every match. Groups share a page number; shorter groups finish earlier. Full finders also include records outside this topic. Source wording and check dates are retained here and on record pages, not live availability checks.
Campsite conditions
560 matches; 25-36 in name order.
Aerial view
A developed section of Ashley Rakahuri Gorge Holiday Park sits among trees inside the river bend, with caravan rows, lawns and the nearby road bridge visible. Historical aerial imagery includes adjacent land; it is not a current pitch plan or surveyed park boundary. Cropped and converted to WebP from LINZ Basemaps.
Aerial view 2025© LINZ + contributorsCC BY 4.0 / DetailsCanterbury
Ashley-Rakahuri Gorge Holiday Park
Pets: Conditions apply
Pets: Conditions apply
Pets are accepted by prior arrangement. Confirm approval for your animal, travel dates and campsite category directly before booking; detailed seasonal and accommodation restrictions are not confirmed.
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Aerial view
The grassy hut-side clearing beside a sharply bending river, with a small shelter above and Aspiring Hut near the lower edge. Historical aerial imagery includes adjacent land; it is not a current pitch plan or surveyed park boundary. Cropped and converted to WebP from LINZ Basemaps.
Aerial view 2017-2019© LINZ + contributorsCC BY 4.0 / DetailsOtago
Aspiring Campsite
Pets: No pets
Pets: No pets
DOC states dogs are not permitted. Assistance-dog and other-pet arrangements require confirmation with DOC.
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Manawatu-Whanganui
Atene Skyline Campsite
Pets: No pets
Pets: No pets
DOC states dogs are not permitted. Assistance-dog and other-pet arrangements require confirmation with DOC.
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Aerial view
Partial view of the waterfront campground, with caravan rows and curving lanes beside broad tidal flats. Historical aerial imagery includes adjacent land; it is not a current pitch plan or surveyed park boundary. Cropped and converted to WebP from LINZ Basemaps.
Aerial view 2025© LINZ + contributorsCC BY 4.0 / DetailsBay of Plenty
Athenree Hot Springs & Holiday Park
Pets: Conditions apply
Pets: Conditions apply
Tell the park about your dog when booking and read its dog policy at check-in. Dogs are excluded at Easter and during the summer peak, approximately 20 December to the end of the second week of January. Confirm the exact boundary dates.
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Aerial view
Partial campground view with tents and camping vehicles across grassy clearings, linked by a pale road beside trees and a small pond. Historical aerial imagery includes adjacent land; it is not a current pitch plan or surveyed park boundary. Cropped and converted to WebP from LINZ Basemaps.
Aerial view 2024-2025© LINZ + contributorsCC BY 4.0 / DetailsAuckland
Atiu Creek Campground
Pets: No pets
Pets: No pets
Pets are prohibited; horses may use the separate holding paddock.
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Aerial view
Aussie Bay's small shore-side camping clearing and access drive lie between the winding coastal road and the beach, beneath surrounding trees. Historical aerial imagery includes adjacent land; it is not a current pitch plan or surveyed park boundary. Cropped and converted to WebP from LINZ Basemaps.
Aerial view 2023-2024© LINZ + contributorsCC BY 4.0 / DetailsMarlborough
Aussie Bay Campsite
Pets: Conditions apply
Pets: Conditions apply
Dogs require a DOC permit; obtain it before travelling.
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Avalanche Creek campsite. Photograph of the named location or its documented route feature. Capture date not supplied; not a live view of current conditions.
Photo: Department of Conservation (NZ) / CC BY 4.0 / DetailsCanterbury
Avalanche Creek Shelter Campsite
Pets: No pets
Pets: No pets
DOC states dogs are not permitted. Assistance-dog and other-pet arrangements require confirmation with DOC.
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Aerial view
An open coastal camping clearing has branching worn tracks and small roofed structures beside dunes and a sandy river mouth. Historical aerial imagery includes adjacent land; it is not a current pitch plan or surveyed park boundary. Cropped and converted to WebP from LINZ Basemaps.
Aerial view 2024-2025© LINZ + contributorsCC BY 4.0 / DetailsAuckland
Awana Beach Campsite
Pets: No pets
Pets: No pets
No dogs; other pets require checking DOC's separate rules. Confirm assistance-dog arrangements with DOC.
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Tasman
Awaroa Campsite
Pets: No pets
Pets: No pets
DOC states dogs are not permitted. Assistance-dog and other-pet arrangements require confirmation with DOC.
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Awaroa/Godley Head Campsite. DOC identifies this photograph with the named campsite; it is not a live view of current conditions.
Photo: Department of Conservation (NZ) / CC BY 4.0 / DetailsCanterbury
Awaroa/Godley Head Campsite
Pets: Conditions apply
Pets: Conditions apply
Dogs must be kept on a leash. Check the rules for nearby tracks separately; this is not permission for other pets.
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Aerial view
Partial riverside park view with looping drives, lawns, roofed units and camping vehicles above a broad gravel river edge. Historical aerial imagery includes adjacent land; it is not a current pitch plan or surveyed park boundary. Cropped and converted to WebP from LINZ Basemaps.
Aerial view 2023-2024© LINZ + contributorsCC BY 4.0 / DetailsManawatu-Whanganui
Awastone Riverside Camping
Pets: No pets
Pets: No pets
No pets at Awastone; do not apply the separate Mangaweka Campground's pet permission here.
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Walking-track conditions
1529 matches; 25-36 in name order.
Aerial view
An outlined traverse crosses dark forest above a large lake at left, then curves over pale rocky alpine terrain toward a smaller dark tarn at upper right. Historical aerial imagery with indicative DOC mapped geometry; it may be incomplete or out of date and is not for navigation. This is not a guarantee of the complete or current walk. Not a navigation map or confirmation of access. Cropped, overlaid and converted to WebP.
Aerial view 2020© LINZ + contributorsCC BY 4.0 / DetailsTasman
Angelus Hut via Mt Cedric Track/Route
Dogs: No dogs. Other pets on conservation land rules.
Dogs: No dogs. Other pets on conservation land rules.
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Aerial view
A near-vertical mapped route follows a pale rugged ridge from a small tarn at lower left toward forest at the top, beside an elongated blue lake on the right. Historical aerial imagery with indicative DOC mapped geometry; it may be incomplete or out of date and is not for navigation. This is not a guarantee of the complete or current walk. Not a navigation map or confirmation of access. Cropped, overlaid and converted to WebP.
Aerial view 2020© LINZ + contributorsCC BY 4.0 / DetailsTasman
Angelus Hut via Pinchgut Track and Robert Ridge Route
Dogs: No dogs. Other pets on conservation land rules.
Dogs: No dogs. Other pets on conservation land rules.
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Trampers on Speargrass Track. Photograph of the named location or its documented route feature. Capture date not supplied; not a live view of current conditions.
Photo: Ruth McKie / CC BY 2.0 / DetailsTasman
Angelus Hut via Speargrass Track and Speargrass Creek Route
Dogs: No dogs. Other pets on conservation land rules.
Dogs: No dogs. Other pets on conservation land rules.
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Aerial view
A pale outlined route descends from a dark alpine tarn across grey rocky slopes and forested gullies toward a narrow pale river corridor on the right. Historical aerial imagery with indicative DOC mapped geometry; it may be incomplete or out of date and is not for navigation. This is not a guarantee of the complete or current walk. Not a navigation map or confirmation of access. Cropped, overlaid and converted to WebP.
Aerial view 2020© LINZ + contributorsCC BY 4.0 / DetailsTasman
Angelus Hut via Travers and Cascade Track/Route
Dogs: No dogs. Other pets on conservation land rules.
Dogs: No dogs. Other pets on conservation land rules.
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Aerial view
A narrow outlined route winds up forested coastal hills between a small pale-blue inlet below and blue-green open water at upper right. Historical aerial imagery with indicative DOC mapped geometry; it may be incomplete or out of date and is not for navigation. This is not a guarantee of the complete or current walk. Not a navigation map or confirmation of access. Cropped, overlaid and converted to WebP.
Aerial view 2023-2024© LINZ + contributorsCC BY 4.0 / DetailsMarlborough
Antimony Mines Track
Dogs: No dogs. Other pets on conservation land rules.
Dogs: No dogs. Other pets on conservation land rules.
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Illustrative
General backpacking illustration; location unverified. This is not a photograph of the named route or evidence of its terrain, condition or difficulty.
Photo: Cody Black / Unsplash License / DetailsBay of Plenty
Aongatete Link Track
Dogs: No dogs. Other pets on conservation land rules.
Dogs: No dogs. Other pets on conservation land rules.
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Aongatete Long Loop Walk. Photograph of the named location or its documented route feature. Capture date not supplied; not a live view of current conditions.
Photo: Katrina Thomas / CC BY 4.0 / DetailsBay of Plenty
Aongatete Long Loop Walk
Dogs: No dogs. Other pets on conservation land rules.
Dogs: No dogs. Other pets on conservation land rules.
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Aerial view
An angular pale route outline sits over continuous forest canopy, with a red-roofed building cluster and a small green clearing in the upper-right area. Historical aerial imagery with indicative DOC mapped geometry; it may be incomplete or out of date and is not for navigation. This is not a guarantee of the complete or current walk. Not a navigation map or confirmation of access. Cropped, overlaid and converted to WebP.
Aerial view 2024-2025© LINZ + contributorsCC BY 4.0 / DetailsBay of Plenty
Aongatete Nature Trail
Dogs: No dogs. Other pets on conservation land rules.
Dogs: No dogs. Other pets on conservation land rules.
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Illustrative
General backpacking illustration; location unverified. This is not a photograph of the named route or evidence of its terrain, condition or difficulty.
Photo: Cody Black / Unsplash License / DetailsBay of Plenty
Aongatete Short Loop Walk
Dogs: No dogs. Other pets on conservation land rules.
Dogs: No dogs. Other pets on conservation land rules.
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Area context
Washpool track above Te Kopi. Local surroundings shown, not a verified view of the camping pitches or named trail section. Capture date not supplied; not a live view of current conditions.
Photo: Joe Hansen / Department of Conservation (NZ) / CC BY 4.0 / DetailsWellington
Aorangi Crossing
Dogs: view conditions
Dogs: Dogs allowed. Keep dog under control at all times. Other pets on conservation land rules.
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Aerial view
An outlined north-south route joins an irregular loop west of a dark lake, amid muted green wooded hills, with farmland and a pale-banked river across the upper-left area. Historical aerial imagery with indicative DOC mapped geometry; it may be incomplete or out of date and is not for navigation. This is not a guarantee of the complete or current walk. Not a navigation map or confirmation of access. Cropped, overlaid and converted to WebP.
Aerial view 2024-2025© LINZ + contributorsCC BY 4.0 / DetailsTasman
Aorere Goldfields Track
Dogs: No dogs. Other pets on conservation land rules.
Dogs: No dogs. Other pets on conservation land rules.
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Illustrative
A backpack carried outdoors; location unverified. This is not a retailer or current-stock photograph. Not a verified photograph of the place or itinerary in this guide.
Photo: Cody Black / Unsplash License / DetailsAuckland
Aotea Track
Dogs: No dogs
Dogs: No dogs
Check DOC for assistance-dog arrangements; this is not a general pet-access rule.
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